percent which is not something that the obama campaign has pushed. president obama said it on the stump but what they are doing is attacking mitt romney rather than putting forward a positive vision. some of the good results they have had recently which shows they are on defense and not doing a great job pushing forward. they are on their heels after the last debate. >>shepard: that is how it appears. the polls from every where, all over the nation, and put together a rolling average. >> lay of 50s are easing as foreclosures hit a five-year low. that is according to new numbers that have come out today. we will start with housing. the industry firm that tracks this, reports foreclosure filing dropped in the month of september to the lowest total since july of 2007, the second straight month of decline nationally. some individual states saw a rise in foreclosures, realty's v.p. says the anything suggests the country has pulled through the worst. at the same time, the labor department reports the number of people seeking new jobless claims plunged 30,0